Following a succesfull application by the Manchester
Modernist Society to English Heritage – the uber lovely St.Raphael the
Archangel (1961-3) in Stalybrige has now been listed
Grade II. We visited the church in the Summer and were wowed by the overall
design, the stained glass and the bespoke Stations of the Cross. We were
saddened to hear just a couple of weeks after the visit that the Church was to
be closed by the Diocese of Shrewsbury. St Raphaels is by Massey and Massey of
Warrington. Dalle de verre stained glass by Pierre Fourmaintraux of Powells
(Whitefriars Studios). Stations of the Cross and water stoops by Alan Boyson.
Central pendant light fitting by McGloughlin of Dublin.